[Bug 368784] Re: [i945] Intel display settings not available afterupgrade to jaunty (found workaround)

[Guy Smith]

OK, thanks.

Guy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geir Ove Myhr" <gomyhr at gmail.com>
To: <guysmith at shaw.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:46 PM
Subject: [Bug 368784] Re: [i945] Intel display settings not available 
afterupgrade to jaunty (found workaround)


Guy, the line
 Driver "intel"
in the "Device" section does exactly nothing on Jaunty, since this is the 
default anyway. So you probably experienced a random bug that disappeared 
next time you started xorg to check if the change to xorg.conf had done 
anything.

While I believe that you saw a real problem, unless you can make it come
back there is not really anywhere we can start to find out what the
problem was. I'm therefore closing this bug for now. If you later
realize that this occurs in a specific situation or randomly in, say, 1
out of 20 times you start your computer, you may reopen this bug by
setting the status back to "New".

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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[i945] Intel display settings not available after upgrade to jaunty (found 
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Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
Binary package hint: xorg

Upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04 jaunty jackalope.
The maximum display resolution available in the settings was now 1028 by 
800, and not the right shape for my laptop, leaving unused space at both 
sides of the screen.

I fixed this by editing xorg.conf  (gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and 
stating that the intel driver is to be used, thus:

Change from:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

To:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "intel"
EndSection

Now the 1280 x 768 I need for this Sony Vaio VGN-N270E is available as a 
display setting and is working fine.

However, this appears to be a 9.4 upgrade bug.  When I originally installed 
8.10 the display driver worked right away, without any set up needed by me. 
This problem is relatively trivial and easy to workaround, but I fear many 
users will simply revert to 8.10 when they can't immediately set up the 
display in 9.4.

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 
943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:8212]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 
945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] 
(rev 03)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:8212]

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